the king in the formation of the political web, will be discovered;

just as spinners, carders, and the rest of them, were the rivals of the

weaver. All the others, who were termed co-operators, have been got rid

of among the occupations already mentioned, and separated from the royal

and political science.

YOUNG SOCRATES: I agree.

STRANGER: Let us go a little nearer, in order that we may be more

certain of the complexion of this remaining class.

YOUNG SOCRATES: Let us do so.

STRANGER: We shall find from our present point of view that the greatest

servants are in a case and condition which is the reverse of what we

anticipated.

YOUNG SOCRATES: Who are they?

STRANGER: Those who have been purchased, and have so become possessions;

these are unmistakably slaves, and certainly do not claim royal science.

YOUNG SOCRATES: Certainly not.

STRANGER: Again, freemen who of their own accord become the servants of

the other classes in a State, and who exchange and equalise the products

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